Where do you play locally?: Miller's every Sunday, "Acoustigeddon" downstairs at Tokyo Rose once a month.

Biggest show: We headlined, er... were featured prominently, er... opened for the Hogwaller Ramblers at Fridays After Five once or twice. That counts, right?

Most recent album:Puberty and Justice for All

Plans: Wake up almost every day. Subvert the wacko post-9/11 mind-control grid, and bend it to our sinister wills. Receive sensual massages from Rush Limbaugh live on Fox news– preferably with Sean Hannity working the hot oils. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Formed: Snug has been playing for about four months. While officially Sumthing is only a couple of months old, I [Matthew Willner] have played with Houston and Charles for over 10 years and Darrell for about four years.

Favorite local band: B.C. ­ Barling & Collins

Musical beginnings: I started playing guitar in the summer of 1989. I started the two funk bands Full Flavor and Plutonium in winter 1994. Plutonium with Houston Ross (bass/vox) and John Gilmore (drums) still occasionally plays its brand of exploratory funk.

Where do you play, locally: Orbit, West Main, & Miller's.

Biggest show: Full Flavor and Plutonium double bill at Trax in 1996. But my favorite was Kite Day this year with Sumthing on Brown's Mountain.

Most recent album:He'll flip you ­ and underground self produced thang.

Plans: Work on both bands, get Sumthing on the festival circuit and record a new solo album this summer.

Name: All of Fifteen

Members of group: 3

Type of music: Rock

When formed: 1998

Favorite local bands not your own: Small Town Workers, Bella Morte

Musical beginnings: In 1998 three guys got together to play music and write songs on a cold winter evening. We played some good shows and some bad shows those first few years and traveled to the Midwest a few times, Pennsylvania a few times, and DC and Richmond a lot. We started moving towards more concrete songwriting in the vein of Jawbox and Shudder to Think. Not being afraid to push the songs to be a little longer, and allow more freedom for improvisation has been a big revelation musically.

Where do you play locally?: Tokyo Rose, Outback Lodge

Biggest show: In terms of numbers, our biggest show was probably opening for Earth to Andy a few years ago at Starr Hill. We've played a lot of basements, so I think our favorite show was during late August 2003. We played in Baltimore as part of our northeast tour. There were probably only 100 people, but everyone was connected so well. We kicked out the jams hard– leaning into the amplifiers and sweat dripping into the microphones. That show is pretty much the benchmark for any show we play now. It was utterly transcendental.

Most recent albums:Bang! EP (2002), Away Game LP (2001)

Plans for the future: Recording a new record this summer, drinking beer, playing more shows out of state, rehearsing, rehearsing, rehearsing.